Origins Of The Cold War - 1465 Words

18.1- Origins of the Cold War †¢ Allies Clash o After World War II finally came to an end, the United States and Soviet Union had conflicting ideas of how to restore the world back to normal. ï‚ § Stalin wanted complete and ultimate control over the countries that were within the borders of the Soviet Union, spreading communist regimes. ï‚ § Meanwhile, the United States wished for all these states that were under Nazi rule to have self-determination. o This essentially formed a rivalry between the ideals of capitalism versus the beliefs of communism. o Yet, Stalin and Truman were very skeptical of each other and for good reasons too. ï‚ § The United States knew Stalin was not trustworthy as he turned for American aid only after Hitler invaded†¦show more content†¦o Due to his inexperience and being successor to someone as great as FDR, the people had much doubt in him and waited to see if Truman could prove himself as a worthy president. o Tensions between Truman and Stalin would begin to unveil at the Potsdam Conference, months after the Yalta Conference in which FDR was at. ï‚ § Stalin took advantage of the situation and made it clear he would not keep his promise of allowing Eastern Europe to be free, as he banned democratic parties and elections. o In addition, both the Soviet Union and the United States were enduring boom of industry, requiring more natural resources from other parts of the world. o This caused Stalin to tighten his rule over Eastern Europe, as he felt he deserved it as reparations due to the damage of World War II. ï‚ § The Cold War, a conflict in which Capitalism and Communism indirectly fought each other, had begun and would continue for almost a century. †¢ Fight Against Communism o Stalin began to build several communist regimes all throughout Eastern Europe in countries such as: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Poland. ï‚ § This region became known as satellite nations in which Stalin announced that capitalism and communism cannot exist in peace together. o The United States responded with the policy of containment, which meant to take any measure to prevent communism from further spreading. ï‚ § Europe was